Automobile-shield.



'I Witnes'ses Inven lm" l.. L. CULVIN.

AUTUMUBHE SHIELD.

M'FUCAON lLLD SEPT. 5. 1911.

1,251,865. lasivlllcd Jun. 1.1918

. Il? if LZ2/fm L. COLVIN, 0l' LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

AUTOIOBILE-SHIELD.

Inclination o! Letton Patent.

Patented J an. 1, 1918.

Application lied September 5, 1911. Berill No. 189,813.

vention are, first, to provide a shield which will protect. the foot board from the heat of the engine, second. to provide a shield which will prevent hot air rising through the aper` tures formed for the operatii'e levers, third, to rovide a shield which may be easily attac ed to and removed from an automobile,

fourth, to provide a simple and eflicient auf tomobile shield.

With the foregoing and other objects in',

view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of 'construction hereinafter deselibed and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment ofthe invention herein disclosed, can be Iuadewithin the seope'of what is claimed without depart ing from the spirit of thc invention.

l(lne. practical embodiment. of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shield constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view of the same in place on an automobile, a fragment of which is shown.

Referring to the drawings by numerals reference The, shield is 'formed of a sheet of metal or like suitable .material to which muv-bo secured, by suitable adhesivo or otherwise, a sheet of ,heat insulating,material 2, such as asbestos. The sheet is bent,'as indicated at 3, to com form to the inclination of the foot board 4 -Vwith respect to the bottom 5. As will be seen most clearly in Fig, 2, this interposes the sloping surface of the shield between the en ine 6 and the foot board.

he shield has a tongue T struck out therefroni,'forniing an openin for the reception of the foot levers 8. Tlie outwardly bent tongue. as will be seen most clearly in Fig. 2, acts to direct the hot air away from the openingr and, inv so doing, creates a' down draft through the opening.

A slot 8 is formed in the shield and opens at the. rear edge thereof, and receives the hand lever 9. A curved flange 10 depends from the shield and embraces the inner end of the slot 8, and acts as a deflector to prevent hot air rising through the slot 8.

Tongues 11 are cut fromrthe rear edge of the plate and turned down and rest against the frame 12 ofthe automobile. Apertures 13 may be provided in the shield, if necessary. for the receptioncf screws or the like by which the shield may be held in position on the automobile.

An air space H is preferably left between the floor or foot board and the plate to more thorolghl)v insulate the foot board from the llcat nlE `ille engine.

llaving thus described. the invention, what is claimed as new and sought by Let ters Patent. is:

.in automobile shield, comprising a heat board and contiguous portions of the bottom of an automobile body, Said pluto provided with apertures for the reception of the Imrative levers. and defleeting members d6- pending from thel plate adjacent the aperin testimony that. I claim the fore ing as niv-own. l have hereto allixed my Signature in the presence of two witnesse l IIA-UVRENUE L. COLVIN.

Witnesses l Lewis P. Bmcimmm, J. M. NICHOLSON. 

